Show Your Work 2005

Jed Williamson · February 15th, 2005, 09:14 PM

Their Previous movie was very good. University Heights. I will be ordering this one too.

If your interested in seeing the end result of what a DVX100 can do & since the selection of DVX100 produced DVDs is limited to: Dixie Chicks Concert, K Street, Art History, Market 175, University Heights & some documentary about planes This is really a niche market :)

Plus they are from Iowa!

Scott Silverman · February 15th, 2005, 11:09 PM

I actually have several microphones, including a Sennheiser ME66 shotgun with boom pole, but for this little movie did not use it, as it was not scripted. We were just fooling around and often times I find that when making a movie casually, the technical stuff can get in the way. We just wanted to film a little short and throw it together in an hour or so. Thanks for your suggestions, and perhaps in the future we will script something and use all my equipment!

Paul Nuttall · February 16th, 2005, 02:31 AM

So Corey, what settings are you using on the GL2 to get the filmic look you wanted? (if you don't mind sharing)

Paul

Geoffrey Engelbrecht · February 16th, 2005, 06:29 AM

I liked the story and the special effects.

The echo was probably only noticable to my untrained ear because you pointed it out. I don't think it dramatically detracted from the film.

The only thing I didn't like was the two camera angles which you switched between. I became a bit dizzy after a while. It would have been nice to have a few more angles.

Regards,

Geoff

Corey Sturmer · February 16th, 2005, 06:38 AM

Let's see...I do remember taking that video into After Effects and applying the S-curve, however, the video had a pretty good film effect right out of the camera. For the opening shot I had a pretty high shutterspeed so I could get the colors of the clouds and the silouhettes of the people, and that was pretty much it. For the Beach sequence I did the same thing, only I zoomed in so I could blur out the beach in the background and focus in on the silouhettes. Other than this, I didn't do anything but the standard white balance and shutterspeed adjustments - always making sure to have the most open aperature I could, and zoomed in as much as I could to get a good DOF. Then the after effects dealie really took care of the rest.

Brent Ray · February 16th, 2005, 11:19 AM

Whoa that's so weird. I was in this play about 4 years ago. I was part of a comedy theater festival and this was one of the plays I was in. I was the character you have staged on the left. I thought this sounded familiar when I read your description.

Small world.....

Geoffrey Engelbrecht · February 18th, 2005, 02:17 AM

To free up some band width on my website last night I uploaded my first film "The Review" to the ZED website and was suprised at the fast response of people. I had hesitated to do so before as it is a bit cheesy and full of obvious technical mistakes.

But if you are interested in taking a look the address is:

http://zed.cbc.ca/go.ZeD?POS=2&CONTE...t&user=angel13

Although it is old I'd love to hear any comments you have.

Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,

Geoff

Rob Lohman · February 20th, 2005, 08:42 AM

A little bit late with the reply, but I thought it was interesting. Some
nice shots in there and the old damaged look was very nice!

Didn't follow the story too much though <g>

Rob Lohman · February 20th, 2005, 09:01 AM

I thought it was well done for a first piece, however it went on
too long for my liking and I didn't watch most of the last 25% of
the movie. The "joke" wasn't too funny after a while etc...

Peter John Ross · February 20th, 2005, 09:12 AM

<<<-- Originally posted by Rob Lohman : the old damaged look was very nice!

Didn't follow the story too much though <g> -->>>

That was not a "film look", this was shot with TRI-X and PLUS-X black & white super 8 film and telecine'd by THE TRANSFER STATION in CA.

There is no story. It's just a random assemblage of bad footage set to music to convince people that maybe I did have some kid of story in mind, when in fact it's just all the underexposed, out of focus shots from another movie I did.

It's art for art's sake.

Rob Lohman · February 20th, 2005, 09:21 AM

I still liked the look of this "art"!

Rob Lohman · February 20th, 2005, 09:43 AM

Is this film available to watch somewhere else? I don't want to
register to yet another site just to watch someone's work! From
the lack of response I'd say others feel the same way....

Rob Lohman · February 20th, 2005, 10:24 AM

First: why did you ZIP these? It only complicates matters for people
who want to watch your stuff and it really didn't help in the filesize
department except for the Laura episode.

On to the movies. I thought the Laura episode was interesting
looks wise, but the story etc. could've used some work in my
opinion. Small and simple is good, but this wasn't enough <g>

Lesson 2 was nice, I liked the mirror idea. However, the more
cheesy effects lateron where a let down.

I have seen the Mojado before.

Doing a search I see you have posted these before:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...threadid=35749

If I where you I would just post a link to a new movie when you
create one. Otherwise a post feels overwhelming if people see
you have multiple movies and it waste some time as well if people
have already seen earlier work (like myself).

Brandon Greenlee · February 20th, 2005, 01:06 PM

Looked cool.

All of the words reminded me of the seven deadly sins theme like in Se7en.

Looked cool.

How'd you do that monster voice effect halfway through?

Peter John Ross · February 20th, 2005, 03:04 PM

Simple "Flange" setting with Adobe Audition (formely Cool Edit Pro) audio program.

I used to have fun with Adober After Effects to creat title sequences for no apparent reason.

Thanks all!

February 15th, 2005, 11:09 PM	#152
Scott Silverman Major Player Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Cupertino, California, USA Posts: 301	I actually have several microphones, including a Sennheiser ME66 shotgun with boom pole, but for this little movie did not use it, as it was not scripted. We were just fooling around and often times I find that when making a movie casually, the technical stuff can get in the way. We just wanted to film a little short and throw it together in an hour or so. Thanks for your suggestions, and perhaps in the future we will script something and use all my equipment! __________________ Scott Silverman Shining Star Digital Video Productions Bay Area, CA

February 16th, 2005, 06:38 AM	#155
Corey Sturmer Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 144	Let's see...I do remember taking that video into After Effects and applying the S-curve, however, the video had a pretty good film effect right out of the camera. For the opening shot I had a pretty high shutterspeed so I could get the colors of the clouds and the silouhettes of the people, and that was pretty much it. For the Beach sequence I did the same thing, only I zoomed in so I could blur out the beach in the background and focus in on the silouhettes. Other than this, I didn't do anything but the standard white balance and shutterspeed adjustments - always making sure to have the most open aperature I could, and zoomed in as much as I could to get a good DOF. Then the after effects dealie really took care of the rest. __________________ Corey Sturmer Producer - Woffester Productions

February 18th, 2005, 02:17 AM	#157
Geoffrey Engelbrecht Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Switzerland Posts: 56	Cheesy comedy about the telephone To free up some band width on my website last night I uploaded my first film "The Review" to the ZED website and was suprised at the fast response of people. I had hesitated to do so before as it is a bit cheesy and full of obvious technical mistakes. But if you are interested in taking a look the address is: http://zed.cbc.ca/go.ZeD?POS=2&CONTE...t&user=angel13 Although it is old I'd love to hear any comments you have. Thanks in advance. Best Regards, Geoff

February 20th, 2005, 08:42 AM	#158
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	A little bit late with the reply, but I thought it was interesting. Some nice shots in there and the old damaged look was very nice! Didn't follow the story too much though <g> __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 20th, 2005, 09:01 AM	#159
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	I thought it was well done for a first piece, however it went on too long for my liking and I didn't watch most of the last 25% of the movie. The "joke" wasn't too funny after a while etc... __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 15th, 2005, 09:14 PM	#151
Jed Williamson Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 175	Their Previous movie was very good. University Heights. I will be ordering this one too. If your interested in seeing the end result of what a DVX100 can do & since the selection of DVX100 produced DVDs is limited to: Dixie Chicks Concert, K Street, Art History, Market 175, University Heights & some documentary about planes This is really a niche market :) Plus they are from Iowa!

February 16th, 2005, 02:31 AM	#153
Paul Nuttall New Boot Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Atlanta, Ga. Posts: 22	So Corey, what settings are you using on the GL2 to get the filmic look you wanted? (if you don't mind sharing) Paul

February 16th, 2005, 06:29 AM	#154
Geoffrey Engelbrecht Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Switzerland Posts: 56	I liked the story and the special effects. The echo was probably only noticable to my untrained ear because you pointed it out. I don't think it dramatically detracted from the film. The only thing I didn't like was the two camera angles which you switched between. I became a bit dizzy after a while. It would have been nice to have a few more angles. Regards, Geoff

February 16th, 2005, 11:19 AM	#156
Brent Ray Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Westford, MA Posts: 145	Whoa that's so weird. I was in this play about 4 years ago. I was part of a comedy theater festival and this was one of the plays I was in. I was the character you have staged on the left. I thought this sounded familiar when I read your description. Small world.....

February 20th, 2005, 09:12 AM	#160
Peter John Ross Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Hollywood, OHIO Posts: 149	<<<-- Originally posted by Rob Lohman : the old damaged look was very nice! Didn't follow the story too much though <g> -->>> That was not a "film look", this was shot with TRI-X and PLUS-X black & white super 8 film and telecine'd by THE TRANSFER STATION in CA. There is no story. It's just a random assemblage of bad footage set to music to convince people that maybe I did have some kid of story in mind, when in fact it's just all the underexposed, out of focus shots from another movie I did. It's art for art's sake.

February 20th, 2005, 09:21 AM	#161
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	I still liked the look of this "art"! __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 20th, 2005, 09:43 AM	#162
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Is this film available to watch somewhere else? I don't want to register to yet another site just to watch someone's work! From the lack of response I'd say others feel the same way.... __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 20th, 2005, 10:24 AM	#163
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	First: why did you ZIP these? It only complicates matters for people who want to watch your stuff and it really didn't help in the filesize department except for the Laura episode. On to the movies. I thought the Laura episode was interesting looks wise, but the story etc. could've used some work in my opinion. Small and simple is good, but this wasn't enough <g> Lesson 2 was nice, I liked the mirror idea. However, the more cheesy effects lateron where a let down. I have seen the Mojado before. Doing a search I see you have posted these before: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...threadid=35749 If I where you I would just post a link to a new movie when you create one. Otherwise a post feels overwhelming if people see you have multiple movies and it waste some time as well if people have already seen earlier work (like myself). __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 20th, 2005, 01:06 PM	#164
Brandon Greenlee Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: North Alabama Posts: 242	Looked cool. All of the words reminded me of the seven deadly sins theme like in Se7en. Looked cool. How'd you do that monster voice effect halfway through? __________________ Brandon Greenlee

February 20th, 2005, 03:04 PM	#165
Peter John Ross Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Hollywood, OHIO Posts: 149	Simple "Flange" setting with Adobe Audition (formely Cool Edit Pro) audio program. I used to have fun with Adober After Effects to creat title sequences for no apparent reason. Thanks all!